The ADI level for aspartame, which is found in brand-name sweeteners like Equal or Nutrosweet, is 75 packets per day. But "safe," does not necessarily mean healthy, and as researchers previously ...

A World Health Organization agency has classified aspartame, an artificial sweetener widely used in diet drinks and low-calorie foods, as possibly carcinogenic to humans. Getty Images How much ...

It remains an ingredient in Diet Pepsi. General Mills’ Yoplait also removed aspartame from its yogurts in 2014. The brand’s low-sugar products now contain alternative sweeteners like sucralose.